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Teachers all over the state and beyond are using Feed the World lessons with their students! See how other teachers are implementing this curriculum in their classrooms, learn about emerging agricultural topics and resources, and get the latest updates on our workshops and satellite activities.
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Learning on—and about—Lake Erie
The 2023 Feed the World summer workshop took place on an island! 20 Ohio teachers gathered on South Bass Island in Lake Erie to learn more about the science involved in modern agriculture. Water quality is a hot topic in Ohio, and farmers are working hard to protect the environment and reduce algal blooms in the Great Lakes. Being in this unique …
Bridging the gap between the classroom and the field
Helping teachers understand more about farming and the challenges growers face is a key focus on Feed the World workshops. Growers and board members joined teachers at dinner to share and to answer questions. Ohio Corn & Wheat Executive Director Tadd Nicholson welcomed teachers. Phil Wenig, Ohio Corn Marketing Board member and third-generation …
Free supplies for alumni!
Ten lucky Feed the World workshop alumni received supply grants for their classroom thanks to Ohio Corn & Wheat! Grant winners were able to select up to $200 worth of science equipment for their classrooms. Jon Wing, Marysville STEM Early College High School Sarah Kipker, Jackson Center Anees Khanam, MC2 STEM High School Sarah Donley, …
Great learning opportunities
Tolles Career and Technical Center instructors Cathy Mehl’s chemistry students paired up with Mike Liston’s outdoor careers tech lab class to explore ethanol. This partnership was made possible through Ohio Corn & Wheat’s grant program, which provided distillation equipment to these teachers. Mehl and Liston had several goals for this …
Learning opps for students AND teacher
The Feed the World 2-day summer workshop gave new information to teacher Mia Bell—AND it provided new learning for her 9th grade biology students at Westerville North High School! Bell took her class through the Farming for the future lesson, part of the Feeding the World unit on our website . “The lesson went great!” Bell said. “Working in a city …
Grant supplies allow sugar scrutiny
Another grant supply winner! Triway High School instructor Jennifer Farrar received a distillation kit from Ohio Corn & Wheat. Some of her college credit chemistry and biology students used the kit for concentration and solution separation. This was part of their efforts to measure the amount of sugar in regular Coke and Coke Zero. The …
Chemistry class does distillation
Brian Ackert teaches at Danville High School. He has attended several Feed the World workshops. Ackert applied for the Ohio Corn and Wheat-sponsored supply grant and received a distillation set up. His chemistry class used the equipment for the Feed the World energy and ethanol lessons . “The students really enjoyed making the alcohol from corn. …
The flame test always gets ‘em!
Jon Wing, a science teacher at Marysville Early College High School, received a distillation kit through the Ohio Corn & Wheat sponsored grant program. Wing used the kit to share lessons from Feed the World’s Energy and ethanol unit with his 11th and 12th grade Environmental Science students. In the unit, students are invited to explore the …